Additional U16 athletes named eligible for 2012/13 CWSAA All Areas Passes

by Keven Dubinsky | Oct 3, 2012 | Member News

The following list of U16 athletes have now become eligible to apply for a Canada West Ski Areas All Area Pass for the 2012/13 season.  Athletes must be registered for the current year with the club and then can apply via the following link: http://aap.bcalpine.com  

Any questions, concerns or problems regarding this process can be directed to KevenD@bcalpine.com

Attention Coaches: IPS Performance Presentation Oct. 1, 2012 in Vancouver

by Keven Dubinsky | Sep 24, 2012 | Member News

Good afternoon PSO coaches, Regional Coaches, and PSO/NSO executive and/or HP directors;

CSC Pacific is pleased to present the details for our upcoming IPS System wide workshop that includes presentations and a panel discussion on body weight and female athlete triad on Oct 1, 2012.

Currently, Dr. Trent Stellingwerff and Hilary Stellingwerff are our confirmed presenters and panelists. We are hopeful that additional presenters will be present with details still to be confirmed.

It should be noted that 2012 SPIN Summit is in Vancouver, Oct 1-3. There is a related presentation titled “Performance Nutrition; Key nutrition concerns while working with female athletes” offered on Oct 2, 2012. The entire 2012 SPIN Summit schedule can be found here http://spinsummit.ownthepodium.org/Schedule.aspx .

2012-13 IPS System Wide Workshop # 3 Presented by CSC Pacific

Title:      Presentations and Panel Discussion on Body Weight and Female Athlete Triad
Date:       Oct 1, 2012
Time:      4:00 – 5:30 PM
Location: Creekside Community Recreation Centre, 1 Athletes Way, Vancouver
Registration:  (Strongly recommended but not required)  psaar@cscpacific.ca
Info: Dana Henson, Email: dhenson@cscpacific.ca  Phone: 778-327-4095

TITLE: Body Weight and Female* Athlete Triad

* Affects Males as well

Body weight and body composition impact performance in every single sport, with vast differences between more weight dependent sports (e.g. running) and less weight dependent sports (e.g. swimming).  However, many “A” type athletes take decreasing body weight to the extreme, resulting in poor health, and eventually poor performance.    In sport this is primarily termed “Female Athlete Triad”, although this is not immune to males as well.  Many times this can either initially can go unnoticed by coaches and support staff, or is ignored due to the delicate nature of body weight.  This short presentation will take a physiology/elite coach perspective at the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to ideal body composition approaches periodization, using an elite female middle-distance athlete as a case-study. 

Confirmed Presenters and Panelists:

Dr Trent Stellingwerff earned an Honors BSc in human nutrition and exercise physiology at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA), while being a middle-distance athlete on the NCAA Div. I varsity track and field team.  He then earned a PhD from the University of Guelph (Guelph, Canada) in the area of Exercise and Skeletal Muscle Physiology, while being an assistance coach to the Guelph varsity track and field team.  After a post-doctorate research fellowship at Maastricht University, Netherlands, focusing on human muscle recovery with nutritional interventions, Trent took a job as the senior leading scientist in Performance Nutrition for PowerBar at the Nestle Research Center (Lausanne Switzerland).  Trent currently is a Senior Physiologist at the Canadian Sport Centre – Pacific (Victoria, Canada), where he focuses on servicing his physiology and nutrition expertise to Canada’s national rowing and track and field teams, as well as leading sport innovation and research. 

Hilary Stellingwerff, 2012 Olympian, semi-finalist in the 1500m 2012 Olympics, 7^th in the 1500m World Indoor Championships

Please save the date for upcoming workshop date/locations: 

Our next workshop is scheduled for Thursday, January 10, 2012. Our working topic is “Developing Benchmarking/KPI for Key HP Pathway Transitions and Introduction to Sport Readiness”.

Canada West Ski Areas Association All Area Passes Application for 2012/13

by Keven Dubinsky | Sep 10, 2012 | Member News

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Oct 1, 2012.

The CWSAA All Area Pass application for 2012/13 is now available via the following url: http://aap.bcalpine.com/

All image submissions this year must be through this url and meet the criteria showing on the web page.  The application form link is also found on the page and must be printed, signed and sent into our office by the Oct 1 deadline. 

NOTE: Only eligible athletes/coaches will show up on the application page.  If your name is not showing on the list and you believe you are eligable please contact Keven (contact info at the bottom of this article).

Please take special note of changes to the process this year including eligibility for special U16 eligibility as per news article: http://bcalpine.com/news/article/?2457

Anyone experiencing difficulties with the application process please contact Keven @ the BC Alpine office: kevend@bcalpine.com or (604) 678-3070.

Canada West Ski Areas Association All Areas Passes BC Alpine U16 Eligibility

by Keven Dubinsky | Aug 20, 2012 | Member News

Due to the changes in FIS registration ages this season the Canada West Ski Areas Association has graciously extended eligibility for 2012/13 Season All Area Passes to a limited number of U16 athletes.

Criteria for application will any returning athlete born in 1997 who obtained 500 points or higher on the 2011/12 season BC Alpine PRS (provincial ranking system).  Based on this criteria BC Alpine would like to congratulate the following 17 U16 athletes who will be eligible to apply for All Area Passes this season.

Important note: Eligibility does not guarantee a pass will be available for you as allocation has yet to be finalized.

The 2012/13 pass application process has not yet been determined but will be released shortly, please check www.bcalpine.com regularly for application guidelines.

BC Alpine is searching for a new Program Director, Application Info Included

by Keven Dubinsky | Jun 15, 2012 | Member News

BC Alpine is announcing that our Program Director, Nigel Cooper will be leaving for a new position with Alpine Canada Alpine.  Nigel will be the Athlete Development Manager for ACA.  In his ten month’s as Program Director with BC Alpine Nigel managed to implement a number of positive changes we will miss his passion, commitment and energy.

“Nigel has been a breath of fresh air at BC Alpine where his energy and commitment will have a lasting impact on our programs” says Bruce Goldsmid, CEO of BC Alpine.  We will continue to embrace his vision with HPP, Super Camps, social media, a focus on Ski Cross and the commitment to support our clubs.”   Nigel will be living in Vancouver with his new job and we are looking forward to working closely with him, and ACA in the coming years.  

BC Alpine is actively pursuing a new Program Director and the job description and  application process is available for download via THIS LINK.

Bruce Goldsmid
CEO  BC Alpine
Suite 403 – 1788 West Broadway
Vancouver BC V6J 1Y1

(Work) 604 678 3073
(Fax) 604 678 8073